Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 37 Bloody Disaster

[He seems like such an honest and kind person. Who would have thought that this universally acknowledged honest man is actually a chauvinistic, alcoholic, and abusive gambler? It's like he's got all the bad luck in the world!]

Hong Shitao, unaware that his mask had been torn off, still greeted Li Zhaoyang with a smile: "Chairman, I heard that you found a master to check the feng shui of the company. Is it our department's turn?"

“Your information network is quite good.” Li Zhaoyang was fairly familiar with Hong Shitao, and turned to Du Anrao to introduce him, “This is the public relations minister I just mentioned to you, the one who was robbed while working overtime too late and almost got into trouble, Minister Hong Shitao.”

When Hong Shitao heard Li Zhaoyang bring up the events of that night again, his smile froze for a moment, but he quickly recovered and warmly shook hands with Du Anrao.

[The deputy head of the finance department should really take a look. Otherwise, how come he's the head and you're just a deputy? Look at his emotional intelligence and acting skills. Even if he thinks you're a fraud and has doubts about you, he'll never show it on his face. In fact, he'd love for you to be a useless fraudster.]

Xi Jingyue's eyes flickered, as if he had the same idea as Du Anrao.

Although he knew that Hong Shitao had problems, Du Anrao did not confront him immediately. Instead, he followed Li Zhaoyang and took a walk around the public relations department lobby.

I had only intended to point out some minor issues with the furnishings, but I changed my mind when I saw a young woman in her early twenties in the corner.

【Huh, this girl…】

Du Yuxi and Xi Jingyue both stopped in their tracks at Du Anrao's exclamation and subconsciously followed her gaze.

Li Zhaoyang also noticed the strange behavior of the others and felt a slight unease: "Is there a problem now?"

Du Anrao glanced at the decorations on the girl's desk: "Is this... June Snow?"

Tang Qianqian was suddenly surrounded by her boss and the company's big boss, which made her feel uneasy and nervous.

Upon hearing Du Anrao's question, he could only mumble a reply: "Yes, yes."

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​growing this? I see that most people in your department prefer to grow pothos and succulents, but you're the only one who grew Serissa japonica."

"I just thought these flowers were pretty, and the person selling the potted plants said they were easy to grow and wouldn't need much care, so... I just bought one to try." Tang Qianqian couldn't help but ask, "Is there something wrong with these flowers?"

Just as Du Anrao was about to explain, his expression suddenly changed when his gaze fell on the top of the other person's head.

[What the heck?! Just a moment ago it was just dark clouds overhead, how did it turn red? Could this be the legendary... bloodshed?]

Du Yuxi and the other woman were also startled by the sudden bloodshed, and their gazes toward Tang Qianqian became more cautious.

"May I ask your surname, Miss?"

"Huh?" Tang Qianqian was stunned for a moment. "I... my surname is Tang."

"Tang?" Du Anrao pondered the surname, his face calm but his mind racing, trying to find out as quickly as possible what was related to this person.

Wait, her surname is Tang, and she's an employee of Xisheng? Could she be the Tang Moumou who unfortunately stumbled upon the crime scene and was silenced?

The crime scene?! Du Yuxi almost cried out in shock, and Xi Jingyue also instinctively clenched his hands.

In Du Anrao's memory, the article mentioning this Ms. Tang was a social news article. It said that a woman named Tang was walking home from get off work late at night when she passed through an alley and happened to witness a criminal suspect committing a crime of passion against his ex-girlfriend. In her panic, she made a noise and was discovered by the suspect.

The man was also in a bloodthirsty rage. He was already panicked because he had killed his ex-girlfriend in a fit of anger, and then he discovered that there were witnesses nearby.

In a moment of impulsiveness, he also killed Miss Tang.

This was originally a horrific murder case, but the sudden insertion of such a social news story into a novel about a wealthy CEO with entertainment industry elements must not be without reason.

Sure enough, when Li Zhaoyang's company was already teetering on the brink of collapse under the combined offensive of Jiang Yiming and Li Qianxi's several sycophants, someone suddenly brought up this old story.

At that time, Tang Qianqian's parents had passed away one after another due to excessive grief over the death of their only daughter. It was her uncle, who had no affection for Tang Qianqian, who stepped forward.

Under the instruction of Li Qianxi and others, this person tearfully recounted the fate of Tang Qianqian and her parents to the media, and intentionally or unintentionally blamed the tragedy of the Tang family on Tang Qianqian's late return from working overtime that night.

This is similar to Hong Shitao's story of being beaten up while trying to collect a debt, since the public relations department is usually quite invisible in the company.

The main objective is to maintain the public opinion surrounding the company's artists and the company itself. As long as the artists don't cause any trouble, the entire department is relatively free.

However, when faced with a crisis like Pei Yiyuan's a few days ago, working overtime becomes the norm, and if things get really serious, it's possible to not be able to go home for several days.

The employees were aware of this before they joined the company, and the company paid overtime wages in accordance with the law. In fact, after Tang Qianqian was unfortunately killed, the company paid a large sum of money out of humanitarian considerations to ensure that her parents would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

In addition, another sum of money was allocated so that Tang Qianqian's parents could fight the murderer in court without any worries, making him pay for their daughter's life.

But the working class, who only wanted to uphold justice and considered themselves victims like Tang Qianqian, who were being exploited by capital, didn't care about all that.

In addition, Tang Qianqian's uncle deliberately concealed the compensation and assistance the company had given to Tang's parents in order to obtain more compensation.

Thus began a vigorous campaign against unscrupulous capitalists.

When Du Anrao first saw this part, he found it funny. Instead of hating the heartless and ruthless murderer who killed the young girl, he blamed the company that sought justice for her and cleaned up the mess.

It seems that from Li Qianxi's perspective, anyone who opposes her becomes a tool, and no matter what they do, they are considered utterly wicked, which serves to highlight her true goodness and beauty in dragging these people down from their pedestals.

Du Anrao, however, could not do that, especially when he saw Tang Qianqian standing alive in front of him.

To think that she had already died with resentment, yet was still dragged out by her relatives to bleed them dry, used as a pawn to bring down others, and suffered similar fates...
"It takes two to tango. Why did that man kill you instead of others? Maybe these three had a conflict before. That man is a beast, and these two women aren't exactly innocent either."

"Wandering outside alone late at night, who knows what kind of shady things they're doing? They deserve to die."

"They can even extort money from a company if they die on the street. This world is truly a place where people extort money wherever they die. With relatives like that, the dead person probably wasn't a good person either. It's all karma." Such criticisms are truly infuriating and chilling.

(End of this chapter)